- From: John Sullivan <johns@fsf.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:54:43 -0500
- To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>,Web Payments CG <public-webpayments@w3.org>
Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: >Hi all, > >We discussed a re-branding of this group's website on last weeks call: > >https://payswarm.com/minutes/2013-12-11#topic-2 > >The primary issue is that people are seeing something called "PaySwarm" >and are immediately jumping to the conclusion that it's a proprietary >solution, even after we explain that it's a completely open, patent and >royalty-free set of specifications that are published on the Web. > >The current proposal is to make web-payments.org the site where we >place >the content for this group. All content from payswarm.com will be >migrated to the new site and re-branded to "Web Payments". All telecon >minutes will be served from there, all specs will be served from there, >etc. > >The code name for some of the specs that we're working on here will >still be "PaySwarm", but that branding will be removed from all >presentations in an effort to make the messaging about what we're doing >here more clear. The message we want to send is "We are standardizing a >variety of technologies to ease sending and receiving money via the >Web". Some of those technologies include JSON-LD, PaySwarm, Ripple, >Bitcoin, and ISO20022. Other technologies will be added as necessary. > >Thoughts? If there is no objection on the list, we'll start this >transition later this month. > >-- manu I think it's a good idea. I did not think it was a specification the first time I heard it. PaySwarm maybe sounds too much like a brand. -- Sent from my Replicant phone with K-9 Mail.
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